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stare
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /st???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: stair
Etymology 1
From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-Germanic *starjan?, *star?n? (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *str?- (“strong, steady”). Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), Norwegian stare (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.
Verb
stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)
- (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
- (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
- to stare a timid person into submission
- (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land
- Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land
Troponyms
- gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
- ogle, to stare covetously or amorously
Derived terms
- stare someone in the face
- upstaring
Translations
Noun
stare (plural stares)
- A persistent gaze.
- the stares of astonished passers-by
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).
Noun
stare (plural stares)
- (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
- The Stares be bigger than tho?e in England, as blacke as Crowes, being the most trouble?ome, and injurious bird of all others […].
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
Anagrams
- 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
stare
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staren
Anagrams
- Aster
Italian
Etymology
From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-. Cognate with Spanish estar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
Verb
stàre (first-person singular present (with following syntactic gemination) stò, first-person singular past historic stètti or (popular) stièdi, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular present subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stai or sta' or (with following syntactic gemination) sta, auxiliary essere) (intransitive)
- to stay, remain
- to keep, stick [+ a (object)]
- (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
- to be up to [+ a (object)]
- to be about to [+ per (object)]
- (mathematics) to be to [+ a (object)]
- (regional) to live
- to be in a certain condition
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to stay): essere, restare, rimanere
- (to remain): restare, rimanere
- (to be): essere
- (to live): vivere, abitare
- (to keep, etc.): attenersi (a)
- (to be up to): toccare (a), spettare (a)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
- resta, sarte, tersa
Latin
Verb
st?re
- present active infinitive of st?
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?star?/, [?star?]
Adjective
stare
- inflection of stary:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- star
Etymology
From Old Norse stari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²st??r?/
Noun
stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)
See also
- stær (Bokmål)
References
- “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta.r?/
Adjective
stare
- inflection of stary:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Romanian
Etymology
From the verb sta.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -are
Noun
stare f (plural st?ri)
- status, standing, situation, position, condition
- state
Derived terms
- în stare
See also
- stat
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
stare
- inflection of star:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swedish
Noun
stare c
- starling (a bird)
Declension
Anagrams
- arets, etsar, raset, reats, retas, treas
Tarantino
Etymology
From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.
Verb
stare
- (intransitive) to stay, remain
- (intransitive) to be
Conjugation
- Full conjugation needed.
- Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne
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squint
English
Etymology
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skw?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
squint (third-person singular simple present squints, present participle squinting, simple past and past participle squinted)
- (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
- (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- The Forum
- Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism.
- The Forum
- (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
Synonyms
(quick glance):
- skelly
Translations
Noun
squint (plural squints)
- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
- He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- A short look.
- A hagioscope.
- (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
Derived terms
- squintless
- squinty
Translations
Adjective
squint
- Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
- (Scotland) askew, not level
Related terms
- cross-eyed
Anagrams
- quints
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